Tag: politicians

1.Ill-faced white people settleand preen in that afterglowoff their stoked shit-stormsas fools refuel on Facebook2.Deceivers take to easy airwaveswith urgency and loud spittleas puppet-fisted politiciansunroll scrolls of lies on cue3.Carriers of an alt-right litanycannot sleep soundly untiltheir prayers have been spreadFor them – fear must be shared4We do not mute screaminghit-buffeted streamsof spitting alt-voicesfound by lost innocents5Your drawn eyes must risefrom teleprompters that blindto see over such tilting screensand to read between their lines

They will spit forthfoam-flecked hints of hate*
to rattle old angry folk
by distractions – to vote –
it is as if Enoch Powell
were no longer dead –
as high-born cussing –
upper-class meddlers –
play the lack-Latin fools
to the baying stalls
and set off marchers
to resurrect working-class
empirical values
of tipped flat caps
to the lovely guv’nor
whilst we Remain-bowed
middle-classes – struggling
to foot our rising guilt –
doubly weighted by costs
of over-consumption –
turn our attention offDo not enter politicswithout a deep wallet

They took a hammer to MarxIt’s just another monumentnothing to get excited about
unlike that time Churchill’s
striding high cast of bronze
was fitted a turf wig whichsullied a great Englishman
who meant so very much
to those of lost empiresDo not mention his passingresemblance to Mussolini
Two men of equal significance
but one man left disfigured
by cowards’ repeated strikes
by tool and boot upon his face